§ Mr. HAZLETONasked the Chief Secretary whether he will state for Carysfort Convent National School, Blackrock, county Dublin, Roll No. 14,586, the number on the rolls, the average attendance, the names and number of teachers of Irish and the dates of their appointment, the number learning Irish under each teacher, whether Irish is taught as an extra or as an ordinary subject, the standards taught, and the standard of Irish taught to the same; and whether he will give the above information for the session 1908–9 and the session beginning 1st July, 1909?
§ Mr. BIRRELLThe Commissioners of National Education inform me that the number of pupils on the rolls of Blackrock Convent School on 31st December, 1908, was 504, and that the average daily attendance of pupils for the year 1908 was 401. Fifty-two of the pupils on the rolls on 31st December, 1908, were learning Irish as an extra subject, four in Fifth Standard, 30 in Sixth Standard, and 18 in Seventh and Eighth Standards. In October, 1908, Mr. Joseph O'Carroll was the teacher of Irish. At that date the pupils enrolled in each standard course in Irish were, 15 in Third Standard course, 25 in Fourth Standard course, 11 in Sixth Standard course. These particulars are taken from returns furnished by the conductors of the convent school to the Commissioners who are not in a position to furnish the additional information asked for in the question.